goals/plan/schedule

Goals

  • Do meaningful research, that I enjoy, that will have an impact

  • Learn about topics that are meaningful to me

  • Becoming a Professor! (or, a World Bank Economist)

Schedule

High-level

flowchart TD
    A[Year 1] --> F(Coursework) --> G(First Year Paper)
    B[Year 2] --> H(Coursework) --> I(General Exams)
    C[Year 3] --> J(Thesis Proposal) --> K(Thesis Writing)
    D[Year 4] --> L(Thesis Writing)
    E[Year 5] --> M(Thesis Writing)

Detailed

Highlights:

  • Won a $20,000 grant for my Rio de Janeiro Public Transit research project from the MIT Sloan Latin American Office. Only three projects won from “dozens of submissions”. My project competed against MIT Faculty, so I was very pleased to win.

  • Completed subjects worth 71 units. My favourite subject was Introduction to Computer Science (CS50) from Harvard. I first attempted this subject online in 2014. It was a dream come true to finish it.

  • I successfully led the effort to increase the Conference Fund for PhD students from $600 to $1,300 per year.

  • I sat on the PhD Committee for both semesters and was part of the PhD Workshop organising team for the Spring semester. I was part of the Graduate Student Union Constitution Committee helping shape the GSU constitution. I also became a Resident Advisor for my graduate dormitory, The Warehouse.

  • I was an RA for Prof. Wen-Chi Liao (NUS) in the Fall and a TA for Prof. Juan Palacios in the Spring. Both were wonderful experiences where I learned a lot.

Coursework:

Subject Title Units Level Grade
11.233 Research Design for Policy Analysis and Planning 12 G A
11.258 Sustainable Urbanization Research Seminar 3 G P
11.919 PhD Workshop 1 G P
21H.992 Economic Classics: The History of Economic Ideas from Ancient Times to Present 12 G A
CS50 Introduction to Computer Science 12 N P
11.234 Making Sense: Qualitative Methods for Designers and Planners 12 G B+
11.800 Doctoral Research Seminar 9 G P
11.801 Doctoral Research Paper 9 G A
11.919 PhD Workshop 1 G P

Research:

Teaching/Research Assistantship

Coursework:

Subject Title Units Level Grade
14.003 Microeconomic Theory and Public Policy 12 G
14.300 Introduction to Statistical Methods in Economics 12 G
14.410 Public Finance and Public Policy 12 G
11.919 PhD Workshop 1 G

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